a new guide, with select translations Ernst, Carl W. 1950- creator text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Introductions. ncu Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press ©2011 2011 monographic eng 1 online resource (x, 273 pages) : illustrations This book offers a compact introduction and reader's guide for anyone, non-Muslim or Muslim, who wants to know how to approach, read, and understand the text of the Qur'an. Using a chronological reading of the text according to the conclusions of modern scholarship, Ernst offers a nontheological approach that treats the Qur'an as a historical text that unfolded over time, in dialogue with its audience, during the career of the Prophet Muhammad. The problem of reading the Quran -- The history and form of the Quran and the practices of reading -- Early Meccan suras -- Middle and later Meccan suras -- Medinan suras -- Toward a literary reading of the Quran. Carl W. Ernst. "This book was published with the assistance of the William R. Kenan Jr. Fund of the University of North Carolina Press." Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Introductions Reading Criticism, interpretation, etc Qurʼan as literature RELIGION Islam Koran & Sacred Writings Qurʼan as literature Reading BP130 .E76 2011eb 297.1/2261 Ernst, Carl W., 1950- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2011020424 (OCoLC)711043340 9780807869079 0807869074 9781469602448 146960244X 22573/ctt62cjg JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=365235 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=365235 N$T 120103 20200709055352.0 ocn770009460 eng